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Collection of photographs

Object/Work Catalog Level: collection
Type:  cartes-de-visite  
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  Components/Parts-Quantity: 13
Type:
items
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Classification Terms:
           photographs
           European art
           South American art
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Titles or Names Text: Peruvian Portrait Cartes-de-Visite
    Preference: preferred
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Creation Creator Description: Eugenio Courret (French, active ca. 1861-ca. 1900 in Peru) and Courret Hermanos (Peruvian, active 1863-ca. 1873) Free text
  Identity: Courret, Eugenio
Roles: photographer

Identity: Courret Hermanos
Roles: studio
Authority
Authority
  Creation Date: ca. 1870-ca. 1880
Earliest: 1865  Latest: 1880
Date Qualifier: inclusive
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Measurements Dimensions Description: 13 items, 9 x 8 cm each (3 1/2 x 3 1/8 inches) Free text
  Extent: each
Value:
9 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 8 Unit: cm Type: width
Extent: items
Value: 13 Type: count
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Materials and Techniques Description: cartes-de-visite; photographs affixed to cardstock Free text
  Material names:
        paper Role: support
        cardboard Role: support
Format/Size:
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

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Inscriptions/Marks Transcription or Description: versos read: E. Courret, Fotográfo, 197 Calle de la Union (Mercaderes), 71 Calle del Palacio, Lima, República Peruana, Exposición 1869 Medalla de Honor, Exposición 1872 Medalla de Oro (9 items); Courret Hermanos, [same address], with monogram; .E. Courret, Fotógrafo, Lima, República Peruana, Exposición. Free text
Subject Matter Indexing terms:
        portraits
        travel
        Peru (South America)
        veiled women
         matador
        Native Andean
        soldier
        camp follower
        mother and child
Authority
Related Works Broader Context: Cities and sites cartes-de-visite collection; collection; 1854-ca. 1905; Getty Research Library, Special Collections (Los Angeles, California, United States); ZCDV 2. Free text
Descriptive Note Text: Studio portraits in cartes-de-visite format. 3 tapadas (veiled women); a matador; 9 images of indigenous Andeans, including a soldier and his rabona (camp follower), and a mother and child. Free text
Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Special Collections (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Repository Number: 91-F46
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Revised 28 August 2006